As already said, each planet is destined to give certain benefic points (bindus) and malefic points called Rekhas with reference to its mutual relation to placement in the chart from one another. Thus each planet is supposed to be benefic from the other planets in certain positions (or placement in the Rasi Chakra) . Thus we get a chart called Bhinnashtaka varga.
Each planet contributes a fixed number of points like
Sun gives 48,
Moon 49,
Mars 39,
Mercury 54
Jupiter 56
Venus 52
Saturn 39
making a total of 337.
Minimum required benefic points in various bhava are:
Lagna/ Ascendant 25
2nd house 22
3rd house 29
4th house 24
5th house 25
6th house 34
7th house 19
8th house 24
9th house 29
10th house 36
11th house 54
12 house 16
